Murder on the Orient Express: Evidence
by Marissa Nagel
1. Ratchett's blunt force wounds given randomly and sloppily
2. Ratchett had already been dead for some time when he got some of the stab wounds because there is no evidence of bleeding
3. First and Second Murder Theory: Murderer 1 came in the room, killed Ratchett, and left. Murderer 2 comes in and, without realizing Ratchett is already dead, stabs him some more
3.1. If true, one killer is right-handed and the other is left-handed
4. Woman's handkerchief found in Ratchett's compartment
5. Match that did not belong to Ratchett found in his compartment
6. Pipe cleaner found in Ratchett's compartment
7. Ratchett's pocket watch stopped at 1:15 AM, suggesting the murder occurred at 1:15 AM
8. "-member little Daisy Armstrong." -- Remember little Daisy Armstrong - found on a letter that was burned in Ratchett's compartment
9. Ratchett's real name is Cassetti
9.1. Cassetti murdered a baby named Daisy Armstrong and demanded $2000 from her parents
10. All escape routes in Ratchett's were locked from the other sides or did not have fingerprints on them
11. A button of one of the Wagon Lit employees was found in Mrs. Hubbard's room
11.1. Not the Wagon Lit conductor's
12. Ratchett's enemy could be a woman in disguise
13. The fake conductor and the woman in the red kimono might be the same person
14. Pipe cleaners identical to the one found in Ratchett's room are found in the Colonel's luggage
15. Scarlet kimono is in Poirot's suitcase
16. Ratchett did not speak French, but the voice that told the conductor to go away spoke in French
17. Hands on Ratchett's pocket watch might have been changed manually
18. Woman in the red kimono, the second murderer, might have altered the hands on Ratchett's waatch
19. Every person who wrote their address was right-handed with the exception of the princess who refused to write
20. The murder was planned to look like an outside job but was in fact done by a passenger
21. The handkerchief found in Ratchett's room belongs to the princess
22. Mary Debenham was the Countess's teacher in New York
23. Window in Ratchett's compartment was wide open, but no finger prints were found on it, so probably not important
24. Ratchett last seen alive at 12:37 AM when he talked to the conductor
25. Ratchett was stabbed 12 times - not suicide
26. Stabbing was done with the left and right hands
27. Wounds are too deep to be done by a woman, unless she is athletic
28. Ratchett took a sleeping draught before he was murdered
29. Map of train is on page 91
30. Time table on page 128
31. Poirot's Lists: Pages 236-239 and 241-242
32. Pipe cleaner might have been dropped to frame the colonel
33. Mary Debenham, the Princess, and the Countess are the only possibilities to be the fake conductor
34. Because the damage to the watch seems purposely misleading, Ratchett must have been murdered earlier than 1:15 AM
35. The Countess described her teacher as somebody that was the exact opposite of Mary and gave her the name Freebody, but failed to consider that Poirot might know the store "Debenham & Freebody"
36. Armstrong Connections
36.1. Edward Masterman - Colonel Armstrong's batman in the war and valet in New York
36.2. Antonio Foscarelli - chauffeur
36.3. Hector MacQueen - uncle was the Armstrong's lawyer
36.4. Hildegarde Schmidt - cook
36.5. Greta Ohlsson - Daisy's nurse
36.6. Mary Debenham - Countess's teacher
36.7. Caroline Hubbard - Linda Arden, grandmother of Daisy Armstrong
36.8. Countess Andrenyi - aunt of Daisy
36.9. Princess Dragomiroff - close friend of Linda Arden
36.10. Colonel Arbuthnot - Colonel Armstrong's best friend
36.11. Cyrus Hardman - in love with the French maid, Susanne, who killed herself
36.12. Pierre Michel - father of Susanne
37. The Countess was the only passenger that didn't stab Ratchett -- her husband, the Count, took her place
